Maps 2.1-2.5

What kind of maps show features that humans have created?

• political 
• physical
• man made
• human environmental

What kind of maps show natural features?

• political
• physical
• natural made
• human environmental

A globe, in geographic terms, is what?

• a toy that is filled with water and when you shake it, snow falls
• a three­-dimensional,spherical representation of earth
• a plastic ball
• a two dimensional, or flat, representation of earth

What is a map?

• a piece of paper with charts and graphs discussing a place's regional attractions
• a three­-dimensional, spherical representation of earth
• what the Seahawks use to plan their defensive strategies
• a two-dimensional, or flat, representation of earth

Imaginary lines that run east to west are called lines of __________.

• latitude
• longitude
• prime meridian
• equator

The equator can be defined as what?

• a really hot place on earth
• the center line dividing the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
• the Prime Meridian
• the center line of latitude

The distance from east to west is measured from this line in Greenwich, England.

• the equator
• the center line of gravity
• the Prime Meridian
• the center line of latitude

A _________ can be defined as "half of earth."

• radius
• diameter
• hemisphere
• stratosphere

A scale, in geographic terms, shows what on a map?

• how big a place is
• how much the earth weighs
• the directions of north, south, east, and west
• how much distance on earth is shown on the map

A ____________ is someone who makes a map.

• cartographer
• mapper
• globe distance designer
• SIRI